Category Archive: Tournaments

Greetings Brothers and Sisters of Uechi-Ryu, I am happy to announce the anticipated Uechi-Ryu Karate Championship Series which our students have come to enjoy will resume this year 2015. The anticipated dates are all Saturdays, April 11, June 13 and October 3. I use the word anticipated because although the venue has approved these dates, …

Thank you very much for attending our timekeeper, scorekeeper and corner judging seminar. We are striving to make our tournaments as fair, impartial and enjoyable as possible for all our students. I also want our judges to understand tournaments are not a “must win” for our personal dojos. We are all Uechi-Ryu and we wish …

Sensei Len Testa and I have been discussing another tournament series for a while now and decided to go forward with this plan. We will collaborate 2 this year and possibly return to a 3 tournament series next year. The 2 tentative tournament dates are October 4th and November 29 for the year of the …

I’ve promised to field a Uechi-Ryu team to compete in this year’s Uechi World cup held in Miami, FL this year on June 9th 2014. I want to invite any and all Uechi student in the northeast to come work out with me once a week either on Friday nights which is a sparring …

Dear fellow karate-ka, The Martial Arts committee (MAC) of the Okinawa Association of America is hosting its annual All Okinawan Karate and Kobudo Championships on October 19th in Gardena, CA. Please see the attachments for more information regarding this tournament. We hope to see you there! Best regards, Michael DeDonato Treasurer, OAA-MAC Shihan, Uechi-ryu of …

Para ayuda en español, por favor envíe un correo electrónico a, rarevalo@balancefs.com September, 2013 Dear Sensei, instructors, competitors, and Parents, Hope everyone had a great summer. Now its time to get back to serious training and prepare for the Arizona Fall Karate Championships. This event is sponsored by Sensei Walden. All rings …

Karate club members win provincial awards Victor Swinimer, left, was recently named Karate Nova Scotiaâ€™s dojo sensei of the year. His son, Aiden, second from left, was selected junior male kata athlete of the year and was a member of the provincial team which competed at the 2012 national champ The longtime instructor of Bridgewater’s …

Sensei George, I never got around to thanking you for letting me train with you and your students when I was there in Florida a few months back. I hope Susan didn’t mind me calling her several times trying to find the location. My GPS wasn’t synched up. But you know me, wherever I am …

We’re having our third tournament in this year’s “Uechiryu Karate Championship Series” on Sunday, October 2, 2011. It’s being held at the JunglePlex in Plymouth. I hope you’ll attend and see it as a positive ingredient in your development as a well rounded martial artist. Let me share with you something I learned many years ago. There’s primarily …

On April 26, I gathered a few of my students and headed to Cromwell Connecticut. I met my first student at 5 am in the morning and drove an hour to Braintree and picked up another student who volunteered to take this ride to represent me and compete in a tournament hosted by 2 of …